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EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Weinstein’s condition is deteriorating quickly despite undergoing heart surgery earlier today. Scheduled to be back in a Manhattan court this week in the lead up to a second trial on sexual assault and other sex crimes, the much accused and incarcerated producer was rushed from…

As Disney‘s networks remain dark, DirecTV has accused the company of negotiating in bad faith amid carriage renewal talks. After DirecTV filed a complaint Saturday with the Federal Communications Commission, a Disney spokesperson tells Deadline that this is a common tactic DirecTV has used in…

Emily Armstrong is addressing her connection to Danny Masterson amid his recent sexual assault trial. Without naming the actor, the new Linkin Park singer shared a statement Friday to her Instagram Story to “clear the air about something that happened a while back,” following criticism of her…

A federal judge in New York sounded skeptical on Friday that Donald Trump was not legally liable for using Eddy Grant’s 1983 hit song, "Electric Avenue," in a 2020 campaign video without the artist's permission. The judge, John G. Koeltl, did not decide whether Trump violated Grant's copyright when…

UPDATE, 12:32 PM: Rust Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey has come up short in her effort to have Alec Baldwin's now dismissed involuntary manslaughter case reopen, because she submitted the filing akin to long winded. Actually, 42 pages too long to be precise according to New Mexico judicial rules…

EXCLUSIVE: "These allegations of egregious misconduct are false," said former X-Men '97 showrunner Beau DeMayo today about the dark cloud of "gossip" over his sudden pink slipping by Marvel/Disney from the Emmy-nominated animated series just before its debut earlier this year. Flipping the script…

EXCLUSIVE: Directors UK has hired an ex-Disney General Counsel ahead of what it hopes will be fruitful negotiations with big U.S. players over royalties. Peter Wiley joins today and has plenty experience working for U.S. majors, having been Disney's European General Counsel from 2005 to 2015 and…

A trial for the so-called “Ketamine Queen” and a Santa Monica doctor who supplied Matthew Perry with the drugs that contribute to the Friends star's death last year has been set. If found guilty, the duo could be in federal prison for decades. Canceling a hearing scheduled for tomorrow in the cases…

One of the doctors arrested in relation to the death of Matthew Perry last year and distribution of the drug ketamine is "incredibly remorseful," according to his lawyer. "Not just because it happened to Matthew Perry but because it happened to a patient," added defense attorney Matthew Binninger…

Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes Friday ordered Elon Musk's X suspended in Brazil after the billionaire owner of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter refused to name a legal representative in the country. Musk in a post on X called him “an evil dictator.” The…

2nd UPDATE, 11:23 am: One of the doctors charged in the overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry agreed to plead guilty to one federal count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, prosecutors said this morning. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, will be arraigned today in Los Angeles. He is among…

Dancing With the Stars pro dancer Artem Chigvintsev was arrested in Northern California earlier Thursday and taken into custody after a domestic violence incident. Chigvintsev was booked this morning in Napa County, CA on California penal code 273.5(a), which makes it illegal to injure a spouse…